The Crimson Palm

The Crimson Palm 1964

血手印 xuè shǒuyìn

Ling Bo is Lin, a young man engaged to the daughter of a rich man, who now despises Lin because of his family's declining status. Lin visits his beloved fiancee before he heads towards the imperial city to participate in the civil service examination, only to find her maid lying dead in blood. Lin is then accused of murder. How can Judge Bao prove his innocence?

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宁 寧 nìng calm, peaceful, serene; healthy ∼HSK 4
羞辱 羞辱 xiū rǔ to humiliate; to shame; humiliation; indignity ∼HSK 4
咫尺 咫尺 zhǐ chǐ (literary) very close; very near ∼HSK 4
此地 此地 cǐ dì here; this place ∼HSK 4
疑 疑 yí doubt, question, suspect ∼HSK 4
特来 特來 tè lái to come with a specific purpose in mind ∼HSK 4
男女授受不亲 男女授受不親 nán nǚ shòu shòu bù qīn men and women should not touch hands when they give or receive things (citation, from Mencius) ∼HSK 4
秦 秦 Qín surname Qin; Qin dynasty (221-207 BC) of the first emperor; short name for ∼HSK 4
应分 應分 yīng fèn (of a course of action) within one's area of responsibility; expected of one; obligatory (for a person in that role) ∼HSK 4
弃 棄 qì reject, abandon, discard ∼HSK 4
摇动 搖動 yáo dòng to shake; to sway ∼HSK 4
发奋 發奮 fā fèn to make an effort; to push for sth; to work hard ∼HSK 4
前程 前程 qián chéng future (career etc) prospects ∼HSK 4
今夜 今夜 jīnyè tonight ∼HSK 4
中将 中將 zhōng jiàng lieutenant general; vice admiral; air marshal ∼HSK 4
晦暗 晦暗 huì àn dark and gloomy ∼HSK 4
沉沉 沉沉 chén chén deeply; heavily ∼HSK 4
月色 月色 yuè sè moonlight ∼HSK 4
心寒 心寒 xīn hán bitterly disappointed; frightened ∼HSK 4
衣袋 衣袋 yī dài pocket ∼HSK 4
有无 有無 yǒu wú to have or have not; surplus and shortfall; tangible and intangible; corporeal and incorporeal ∼HSK 4
放入 放入 fàng rù to put in; to insert ∼HSK 4
既有 既有 jì yǒu existing ∼HSK 4
宝玉 寶玉 bǎo yù precious jade; treasures ∼HSK 4
出言 出言 chū yán to speak; words ∼HSK 4
粮 糧 liáng food, grain, provisions ∼HSK 4
法场 法場 fǎ chǎng execution ground ∼HSK 4
幽冥 幽冥 yōu míng dark; hell; netherworld; hades ∼HSK 4
王法 王法 wáng fǎ the law; the law of the land; the law of a state (in former times); criterion ∼HSK 4
确是 確是 què shì certainly ∼HSK 4
老父 老父 lǎo fù father; old man; venerable sir ∼HSK 4
办案 辦案 bàn àn to handle a (criminal) case ∼HSK 4
谓 謂 Wèi say, tell; call, name; be called ∼HSK 4
不清楚 不清楚 bù qīng chu unclear; not understood; currently unknown ∼HSK 4
高呼 高呼 gāo hū to shout loudly ∼HSK 4
居处 居處 jū chǔ to live; to reside ∼HSK 4
既是 既是 jì shì is both...(and...); since; as; being the case that ∼HSK 4
定案 定案 dìng àn to reach a verdict; to conclude a judgment ∼HSK 4
什么人 什麼人 shén me rén what kind of person ∼HSK 4
真怪 真怪 zhēn guài odd; unusual; I can't believe that... ∼HSK 4
禁 禁 jīn restrict, prohibit, forbid ∼HSK 4
寒 寒 hán cold, wintry, chilly ∼HSK 4
乌 烏 Wū crow, rook, raven; black, dark ∼HSK 4
符 符 Fú i.d. tag, tally, symbol, charm ∼HSK 4
失手 失手 shī shǒu a slip; miscalculation; unwise move; accidentally; by mistake; to lose control; to be defeated ∼HSK 4
详 詳 xiáng detailed, complete, thorough ∼HSK 4
具结 具結 jù jié to bind over (as surety); to sign an undertaking ∼HSK 4
谢 謝 Xiè thank ∼HSK 4
急忙 急忙 jí máng hastily HSK 4
转告 轉告 zhuǎn gào to pass on; to communicate; to transmit HSK 4